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Greenlandic
Pronunciation
Suffix
-juar (v-v?, additive?, assimilates as Cj→tt, rj→rt?)
- constantly, all the time
- Denotes maintained action.
- pisuppoq (“walks”) -> pisuttuarpoq (“strolls”)
- oqaluppoq (“says”) -> oqaluttuarpoq (“tells”)
1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.- Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
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